Latest Georgia Headlines
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Georgia’s Consumer Insurance Settlements Reach $2.1M in First Quarter
Jun 25 2014 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said his department’s consumer services division helped Georgians receive more than $2 million in claims settlement disputes with insurance companies. Commissioner Hudgens...
Georgia Agency Owners Charged With Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2014 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced Tuesday that warrants have been issued for the arrest of a Gwinnett County insurance agent and her husband on multiple counts of insurance fraud. Officials said...
Average Lightning Claim Hits $5,869
Jun 25 2014 // Georgia tops a shocking list: most likely place to have property damaged by lightning. Georgia residents were reimbursed for $56 million of lightning-related damage in homes last year tied to more than 11,000 claims,...
OSHA Investigates Death of Georgia Roofing Business Owner
Jun 9 2014 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of the owner of a roofing company. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Ron Crist died in an incident at the Paulding County business....
2,500 Georgia Doctors Lack Malpractice Insurance: Report
Jun 3 2014 // More than 2,500 doctors in Georgia don’t have malpractice insurance, according to a newspaper analysis of state data. That can leave patients with little recourse if something goes wrong, The Atlanta...
Georgia Recorded 17 Traffic Deaths Over Holiday Weekend
May 29 2014 // Georgia authorities say 17 people were killed in traffic wrecks across the state over the holiday weekend. The Department of Public Safety reported six traffic deaths during the same period last year. The Atlanta...
Former Insurance Agents Johnson, Kingston Fare Well in Georgia Primary
May 21 2014 // A former insurance agent who has been active in Democratic Party politics has won her party’s primary for the Georgia insurance commissioner post and will face off against the incumbent Republican in the November...
Today’s Georgia Primary to Decide Opponent for Insurance Commissioner Hudgens
May 20 2014 // Two former insurance agents are vying to win the Democratic primary in Georgia today and the right to face incumbent Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, a Republican, in the November election. Liz Johnson, a retired...
Geico to Add 500 Jobs in Georgia
Apr 21 2014 // A national insurance company has announced plans to create new jobs in middle Georgia. The Telegraph of Macon reported that Geico is planning to add more than 500 new positions to its Macon office by the end of the...
Democrats Seize on Koch Brothers, Republican Opposition to Flood Insurance
Apr 20 2014 // 17 Apr 2014 09:00 Democrats are exploring a new attack line against the Koch brothers and Republican allies, telling voters the billionaire energy executives want to let home flood insurance premiums soar to help corporate...
Former Georgia Agency Owner Charged With Insurance Fraud
Apr 10 2014 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced this week that a former insurance agent from Franklin County has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud. Officials said James Travis Williams was arrested and...
Georgia Firefighters Say Their Cars Are Robbed During Calls
Apr 8 2014 // Firefighters near Atlanta believe their personal cars are being targeted by thieves while they’re away fighting fires and responding to emergencies. Wayne Hines of the Fulton County Professional Firefighters’...
Georgia Beauty Salons Seek to Reduce Hazardous Chemical Exposure
Apr 2 2014 // Federal officials and Georgia beauty professionals have formed an alliance to reduce exposure to hazardous chemicals. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the...
Republicans Vying for Georgia’s Senate Debate Flood Insurance, Port Development
Mar 31 2014 // Republican candidates for Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seat debated Saturday whether Congress has pushed hard enough for deepening the Savannah harbor and whether the federal government should keep giving homeowners a...
Georgia Regulators Order Liquidation of Georgia Mutual
Mar 24 2014 // A Georgia superior court judge has given regulators approval to liquidate a former automobile insurer. Cynthia Write, judge of the superior court of Fulton County, signed-off on an order in February that will allow...
How Local Bank Failures Crippled Georgia Economy
Mar 19 2014 // Georgia homebuilder Blankenship Homes lost its source of loans for new construction after four local community banks failed since 2009. “The economy just shut down,” said owner Johnny Blankenship, 54, a builder...
Georgia Lawyer Dug Deep to Bring Case Against General Motors
Mar 18 2014 // Six days after General Motors Co. recalled almost 800,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s for a defect that could cause surprise engine shutdowns, lawyer Lance Cooper, a solo practitioner in Georgia, sent government...
Supreme Court Nixes Suit Against Officer Brought in Another State
Feb 28 2014 // The Supreme Court ruled this week that a Georgia police officer could not be sued in Nevada over the seizure of money from two travelers at an Atlanta airport. In a unanimous decision, the justices said a lawsuit against...
GEICO Appoints Assistant VP in Georgia
Feb 27 2014 // Chevy Chase, Md.-based auto insurance giant GEICO announced Lona Montgomery has been named assistant vice president of centralized services in the company’s Macon, Ga., regional office. Montgomery previously served...
Georgia Recovers $1M from Drivers, Insurers for Damage to State Property
Feb 27 2014 // State transportation officials say an initiative to recover money to pay for damage to state property in traffic accidents has netted the agency more than $1 million. GDOT officials say annual damages to state property —...
